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A poignant and sad book which is in turn often darkly humorous and uplifting, too, this is an insight into both the recesses of Waugh's own mind and his brilliant imagination, from which he creates a character who is both likeable and often openly derisable.

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Black Mischief

Autor:
Evelyn Waugh

Sprecher:
Michael Maloney

Spieldauer: 6 Std. und 49 Min.

Ungekürztes

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Black Mischief, Waugh's third novel, helped to establish his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernize his kingdom. Profound hilarity ensues from the issuance of homemade currency, the staging of a "Birth Control Gala", the rightful ruler's demise at his own rather long and tiring coronation ceremonies and a good deal more mischief.

Put Out More Flags

Autor:
Evelyn Waugh

Sprecher:
Michael Maloney

Spieldauer: 5 Std. und 57 Min.

Ungekürztes

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What happened to the characters of
Decline and Fall and
Vile Bodies when the war broke out?
Put Out More Flags shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times. Some of them play valorous parts; others, like the scapegrace Basil Sea, disclose their incorrigible habit of self-preservation in all circumstances. Basil's contribution to the war effort involves the use of his peculiar talents in such spheres of opportunity as the Ministry of Information and an obscure section of Military Security.

Men at Arms

Autor:
Evelyn Waugh

Sprecher:
Christian Rodska

Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 13 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

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Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook.
Men at Arms is the first book in Waugh’s brilliant trilogy, Sword of Honour, which chronicles the fortunes of Guy Crouchback.

Officers and Gentlemen

Autor:
Evelyn Waugh

Sprecher:
Christian Rodska

Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 57 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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Undergoing training on the Isle of Mugg, Guy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit where the ministry whisky flows freely and HM Forces have to show proper respect to the Laird. But the comedy of Mugg is followed by the bitterness of Crete: the indignity of withdrawal or surrender.

Unconditional Surrender

Autor:
Evelyn Waugh

Sprecher:
Christian Rodska

Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 17 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
1

Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, he finally becomes aware of the futility of a war he once saw in terms of honour.

The Great Animal Orchestra

Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places

Autor:
Bernie Krause

Sprecher:
Bernie Krause

Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 24 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
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Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
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Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause is one of the world's leading experts in natural sound, and he's spent his life discovering and recording nature's rich chorus. Searching far beyond our modern world's honking horns and buzzing machinery, he has sought out the truly wild places that remain, where natural soundscapes exist virtually unchanged from when the earliest humans first inhabited the earth.

Black Mischief

Autor:
Evelyn Waugh

Sprecher:
Michael Maloney

Spieldauer: 6 Std. und 49 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

1 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

1 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

1 out of 5 stars
1

Black Mischief, Waugh's third novel, helped to establish his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernize his kingdom. Profound hilarity ensues from the issuance of homemade currency, the staging of a "Birth Control Gala", the rightful ruler's demise at his own rather long and tiring coronation ceremonies and a good deal more mischief.

Put Out More Flags

Autor:
Evelyn Waugh

Sprecher:
Michael Maloney

Spieldauer: 5 Std. und 57 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

0 out of 5 stars
0

Sprecher

0 out of 5 stars
0

Geschichte

0 out of 5 stars
0

What happened to the characters of
Decline and Fall and
Vile Bodies when the war broke out?
Put Out More Flags shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times. Some of them play valorous parts; others, like the scapegrace Basil Sea, disclose their incorrigible habit of self-preservation in all circumstances. Basil's contribution to the war effort involves the use of his peculiar talents in such spheres of opportunity as the Ministry of Information and an obscure section of Military Security.

Men at Arms

Autor:
Evelyn Waugh

Sprecher:
Christian Rodska

Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 13 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
1

Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook.
Men at Arms is the first book in Waugh’s brilliant trilogy, Sword of Honour, which chronicles the fortunes of Guy Crouchback.

Officers and Gentlemen

Autor:
Evelyn Waugh

Sprecher:
Christian Rodska

Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 57 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
1

Undergoing training on the Isle of Mugg, Guy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit where the ministry whisky flows freely and HM Forces have to show proper respect to the Laird. But the comedy of Mugg is followed by the bitterness of Crete: the indignity of withdrawal or surrender.

Unconditional Surrender

Autor:
Evelyn Waugh

Sprecher:
Christian Rodska

Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 17 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
1

Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, he finally becomes aware of the futility of a war he once saw in terms of honour.

The Great Animal Orchestra

Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places

Autor:
Bernie Krause

Sprecher:
Bernie Krause

Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 24 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
1

Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause is one of the world's leading experts in natural sound, and he's spent his life discovering and recording nature's rich chorus. Searching far beyond our modern world's honking horns and buzzing machinery, he has sought out the truly wild places that remain, where natural soundscapes exist virtually unchanged from when the earliest humans first inhabited the earth.